Sunday 18 August 2024

Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom (Atari Lynx review)

Developer: Atari Corporation
Publisher: Atari Corporation
Released: 1993

Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom is an action-platformer that was originally released on the NES in 1991.

+ Level design has lots of verticality and Ryu's new ability of grabbing ledges makes for some nimble platforming.

+ Cinematic cut-scenes are beautiful and tie the gripping story together, including the shocking early plot twist.

- Attack and jump buttons are reversed which causes confusion, and there's no option to change them back.

- Spotty collision detection, and the action is too zoomed-out which makes it hard to accurately judge spatial distance.

- Pixelated graphics offer no clear distinction between the foreground and background, and the colours are muted.

- Music is a chaotic jumble of competing tones that retain none of the quality and intensity of the NES original.

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